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London: William Tegg & Co. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked with edge-wear. Prelims foxed, with occasional foxing elsewhere. 1854. New edition, revised & corrected. Black hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 79pp, 594pp, [93pp]. ... Rules to be Observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for Avoiding their Respective Peculiarities; and Directions to Foreigners for Aquiring a Knowledge of the Use of this Dictionary. The Whole Interspersed with Observations Etymological, Critical, and Grammatical. .

Glasgow: William Hodge & Co. G: in Good condition. Offsetting to eps. Spotting to page edges. Spine faded. Some pages uncut. Teg. 1899. First Edition. Maroon/gilt hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). vi, 186pp. .

London: Richard Phillips. G: in good condition. Rebound with new eps. Covers rubbed and marked. Inner hinge cracking. Browning to pages, sometimes heavy. Sporadic foxing, staining, and marking. Offsetting from plates. 1807. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth covers. 280mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). viii, 960pp; 928pp + ad. 138 b/w plates. Heavy set - extra shipping required for overseas destinations. .

London: Henry Fisher, Son, & Co. Worn condition. Crudely rebacked. Cover heavily rubbed. Heavy edge-wear. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owner plate to front paste-down. Browning to pages. Sporadic foxing and marking. 1837. Reprint. Brown hardback leather cover. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). iv, 1066pp + plates. 71 b/w plates + b/w in-text illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: J. Allen and D. Francis. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed. 1856. New and Improved Edition. Brown embossed hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 348pp, + index, + ads. .

London: Henry Fisher, Son, & Co. G: in good condition. Heavy rubbing to cover. Edge-wear. Chipping to spine ends, with faded labels. 'Alford Mutual Improvement Association' Library book plates to front paste-downs. Copperplate previous owner inscriptions to feps. Repaired running tear to pages 545/546. Sporadic foxing, marking, and pencil inscriptions. Occasional dampstaining to plates. 1833. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather covers on marbled boards. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). iv, 1066pp + plates. 71 b/w plates + in-text illustrations. Volume I published 1832, Volume II published 1833. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd Ltd. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket [except for the first volume]. Wrappers rubbed and edge chipped with some loss. Some light spotting to page ends. 1926. New and Enlarged Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 270mm x 180mm (11" x 7"). 4085pp. This famous dictionary gives a key to the authorship of anonymous and pseudonymous works published during the whole period of book production in the English language from the fifteenth century to 1950. The new and enlarged edition of Halkett and Laing appeared in six volumes between 1926 and 1932 and was followed in 1934 by a final volume containing an index and a second supplement. Two further supplementary volumes were issued; the first [volume VIII, published 1956] containing editions from 1900 as far as 1949, and the second [volume IX, published 1962] consisting entirely of additions and corrections to the period before 1900. [The latter two volumes have been edited by Dennis E. Rhodes and Anna E. C.… Read More

Dublin: R Marchbank. G : in good condition. Rebacked with new endpapers. Loss to upper edge of title page (minimal loss to text). Ink inscription to fep of vol II. Scattered foxing and browning. 1798. Eighth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 300mm x 240mm (12" x 9"). [1000pp]. Engraved frontisplate of Johnson. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Edinburgh: William Paterson,. G : in Good condition. Covers rubbed with edge wear. Cracks at inner hinges. 1882. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover with brown cloth spine. 250mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). 2853pp; ccccxxiii. Published 1882 - 1888. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: Longman Group Ltd. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 1980. Third [Revised and Enlarged] Edition. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover. 310mm x 210mm (12" x 8"). xlviii, 271pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: H K Lewis. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Ex.-lib. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. Browning to page edges. Inner hinge cracking. 1881. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover with brown leather spine. 190mm x 150mm (7" x 6"). viii, 300pp + 16pp catalogue. .

London: Gale and Fenner. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Covers darkened. Corners bumped. Prelims foxed. Pages rippled. 1815. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xxi, 1318, 54pp. Heavy book – extra shipping needed for overseas. .

London: The Gresham Publishing Co. G: in good condition without dust jackets. Modern rebind with new end-papers. Marking and rubbing to covers. Edge-wear. Loss to spine ends. Creasing and edge-tearing to prelims. Sellotape repairs to content, with one title page re-backed. Inner hinge cracking. Plates loose in volume II; 3 plates missing from volume III. 1906. New Edition. Brown hardback half-leather covers. 280mm x 200mm (11" x 8"). xix, 753pp; viii, 743pp; viii, 854pp; viii, 748pp. 8 [of 8] colour plates + 13 [of 16] b/w plates + in-text illustrations. Heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. .

London: The Folio Society. Fine condition. 2006. Facsimile Edition. Brown hardback half-leather covers with marbled boards. 410mm x 260mm (16" x 10"). 1164pp; 1164pp. ... To which are Prefixed, a History of the English Language, and an English Grammar. With John Mullan - Johnson's Dictionary: The Making of the Great Book of English, with extracts from the Dictionary. Heavy set – extra shipping needed for overseas. .

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Petrum Vander Eyk and Cornelium de Pecker. Worn condition. Boards detached. Some foxing but content in overall good condition. 1757. [First Edition]. Brown hardback leather cover. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 14pp, 936pp, [48pp]. Text in Ancient Greek with notes in Latin. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Blackburn: Advance Press Limited. Worn condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed, discoloured and marked. Fep detached. Page 15 detached. Browning throughout. Previous owner's address label on rear pastedown. TEG. 1907. Limited Edition 2 / 1000. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 154pp. Frontis portrait of the author. .

Birmingham: Cadell & Davies &c. Worn condition. Ex-lib. Royal College of Surgeons. Boards detached. Spine missing from Part 2. Foxed. 1815. Revised Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). [500pp; 500pp]. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Paris: Langlumé et Peltier. Worn condition. Cover heavily rubbed. Some soiling within, but content in overall good condition. 1833. 6th Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 110mm x 180mm (4" x 7"). 80pp. .

[Paris]: Pierre Brunel. Worn condition. Covers, end-papers, prelims, and half-title detached. Sporadic foxing, marking, and browning; more pronounced on prelims. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1716. Reprint. Brown hardback leather cover. 420mm x 260mm (17" x 10"). 804pp. Volume A - H. Heavy book – extra shipping needed for overseas. .

London: John Walket; Cuthell & Martin; Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme; &c. G : in good condition. Cover heavily rubbed with edge-wear. Slight foxing. 1805. First edition thus. Brown hardback leather cover. 240mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xlvii, [1200pp]. ... to which is Added an English Grammar. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .